Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
To celebrate the end of the school year, I made cupcakes to thank my interns and program assistants, as well as for our staff lunch, where we celebrated my co-worker’s pregnancy. Someone mentioned that the mom-to-be loves funfetti cake but I haven’t used a box cake mix in several years.
Instead, I found lots of recipes online for making funfetti from scratch, and ended up doubling two recipes: this one for the cake and this one for frosting to make around 19 cupcakes. I used oblong rainbow sprinkles in the batter, which melted in the oven and made perfect little splotches of bright color inside the cupcakes.
I piped the frosting with a 1M tip and decorated it with three types of sprinkles – the oblong rainbow ones, tiny rainbow nonpareils and pastel confetti.
Which sprinkles do you like best?
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No. 1 — June 9th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Both please! I adored funfetti cupcakes when I was a child. Thank you for sharing such beautiful pictures. It takes me back to the days of 1st grade birthday parties. Yum!
No. 2 — June 9th, 2010 at 9:21 am
Great idea, I have so many leftover sprinkles I could easily do this. Thanks!
No. 3 — June 9th, 2010 at 10:00 am
I think I like the biggest sprinkles on top best, but it is also kind of fun having different sprinkles on the different cupcakes.
No. 4 — June 9th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
It’s perfect for leftover sprinkles! The recipe uses them all up.
No. 5 — June 9th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
I better taste them to decide which I like better, send over a dozen and I’ll blog my results!!
No. 6 — June 9th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Omg we are so making these when I come to town next please!!
No. 7 — June 9th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
There is nothing better than white cake with white frosting and then throwing in the colored sprinkles on top!
No. 8 — June 9th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
very fun, great for end of school celebration, love the sprinkles with the white frosting!
No. 9 — June 9th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
These look really yum. Love the color blotches in the cakes and sprinkle-wise… I think I like the big round ones best.
No. 10 — June 9th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
I think I like the biggest sprinkles the best, they sort of look like cute polka dots! Hurray for you, for making these from scratch yourself. I always applaud any effort to make something on your own rather than use store-bought!
No. 11 — June 10th, 2010 at 12:07 am
pretty pretty! ive always wanted to try making home made funfetti cupcakes since i cant buy the mix here. the cupcakes look beautiful! oh, i and i like the confetti sprinkles the most
No. 12 — June 10th, 2010 at 8:46 am
I’d have to say the oblong sprinkles. I’m sure these are so much tastier than the store bought mix! They just scream “Happy Birthday”!
No. 13 — June 10th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Great post!! I have tried to make funfetti at home before but made the mistake of stirring the sprinkles waaaay too much, the coloring came off making the batter a gross gray color, yours look beautiful though!
For my own personal taste preferences I like the oblong sprinkles but I think the bigger round ones are cute for decorating!
No. 14 — June 10th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Thanks! I added the sprinkles after everything was combined and folded them in with a spatula. The color didn’t bleed at all.
No. 15 — June 10th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Yum. Any cake makes me happy, and the color is fun!
The round sprinkles would have to be my favorite for decorating.
No. 16 — June 10th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
The cupcakes look so pretty and festive! I need one to fight my meltdown as I type…
No. 17 — June 12th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Oddly enough, Funfetti cupcakes remind me of college … I would make them for my friends all the time (from the box of course, I’m not too keen with baking from scratch!) – They just put a smile on everyone’s face! Proves you don’t have to be a kid to enjoy these fun little cakes
No. 18 — June 12th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
I’ve always loved rainbow nonpareils. I also love how you turned funfetti cake into a homemade one, so much better than boxed cake mix. I’ll have to try this out for fun
No. 19 — June 13th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Funfetti cake is the absolute best. I love the rainbow nonpareils as well, and add them to pancakes as well…typically on birthdays, anniversaries, or other celebrations as a little something special
No. 20 — June 13th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Sprinkles in pancakes – what a great idea! I’ve added lots of other things to pancakes but I’ve never thought of sprinkles. That sounds so festive and fun.
No. 21 — June 14th, 2010 at 8:29 am
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No. 22 — July 22nd, 2010 at 4:32 am
They look yummy!
No. 23 — August 2nd, 2010 at 9:42 pm
When I was growing up, we had Funfetti cake or cupcakes at every birthday, from a box. But the sprinkles on top were always the tiny round things. Mom would let us kind of press them down a little into the icing so they wouldn’t fall off.
No. 24 — August 12th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
Hi Stephanie, Those cupcakes look so pretty! Perfect to make for someone’s birthday. I may have to try to make those soon.
No. 25 — January 10th, 2011 at 2:39 pm
These are beautiful! Just what I was looking for, as a friend of mine’s bday is coming up, and she loves Funfetti cupcakes…but I, too, refuse to make anything from a box filled with preservatives and who knows what and was hoping to make them from scratch
Thanks so much for sharing! I love how you used different types of sprinkles too. These are adorable!
No. 26 — June 11th, 2011 at 8:40 pm
I like them all but in order or funfetti cuteness I would have to say, confetti sprinkles, rainbow non-pareils and then the oblong rainbow
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No. 27 — October 23rd, 2011 at 12:30 pm
yum. i love making funfetti cake/cupcakes!
YUMMMMMAAAAY!